Neue Haas Grotesk, the original name for Helvetica, was initially produced for typesetting by hand in a range of sizes from 5 to 72 points, but Schwartz notes, "the digital Helvetica has always ...

Helvetica was dreamed up as a universal typeface in 1957 and it’s still incredibly popular –you see it on everything from clever T-shirts to NYC subway signs. But there are all sorts of things ...

“Helvetica is like water,” says a recent video about the most popular typeface in the world. The 62-year-old font family, with its sans-serif shapes and clean corners, is ubiquitous. It is ...

Helvetica Now marks the typeface's first redesign since 1982's Helvetica Neue Courtesy of Monotype The world’s most popular typeface has a new look: Helvetica Now.Four years in the making, it ...

Back in May, Twitter changed its default web font from the widely-loved Helvetica Neue to the somewhat blockier font Gotham, and people were unhappy with the change, to say the least.

The Helvetica font family is everywhere.It’s used on everything from subway signage to federal tax forms to advertisements for a diverse group of companies, including Harley-Davidson, Oral-B ...

Before, with Helvetica Neue all over the place (hit expand to see at full size): And after, with San Francisco: And an additional side-by-side comparison. Before: After: And in animated form: ...

The full suite of Neue Haas Unica font styles is currently on sale for $99. Monotype, the typeface company that owns the font, lets users download one of the font’s nine styles—the thin ...

The digital Helvetica (particularly Neue Helvetica) that we know today is not great for text or user interface. Its tight spacing, uniformity, ...